It is great to have independant media. IMC.

But is it really independant and is it answerable to any of us:
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Lost (censored) posts - the truth?
21.10.2005 08:36

present GP voter - you will see at the bottom of the "Art of War - Katrina" thread a post from feeler, similar to the one above. feeler, presumably Oxford feeler, put up a separate thread on the topic, innocuous in my view (and the view of others who posted support) which was then removed. (S)he then posted several times more, all of which have been removed and are not even in the archives.

This is Indymedia at its worst - no accountability or real justification for decisions to remove posts. In the past "they" in control of IM have removed posts saying they contravene Editorial Guidelines, but never saying which guidelines they contravene.

I have been tracking IM for over 18 mths, and in general it gives a good "alternative" service to mainstream media, sparking many interesting comments.

However, the people running IM lose credibility by not being open over the censoring process that routinely happens. We occasionally see people protest on IM about lost threads/posts (G8 was the last time I remember seeing, fleetingly, complaints), but have no way of knowing really how many are being removed, or for what reasons.

It will be really interesting to see how long this post (or thread) stays up for. IM editors, I'm starting the watch now - I invite you to respond positively this time, not just remove and hide.
Radjel